Beyond the Neolithic transition: - the ‘de-Neolithisation’ of South Scandinavia
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Beyond the Neolithic transition : - the ‘de-Neolithisation’ of South Scandinavia. / Iversen, Rune.
NW Europe in Transition: The Early Neolithic in Britain and South Sweden. red. / Mats Larsson; Jolene Debert. Bind 2475 Oxford : Archaeopress, 2013. s. 21-27 (B A R. International Series).Publikation: Bidrag til bog/antologi/rapport › Bidrag til bog/antologi › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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TY - CHAP
T1 - Beyond the Neolithic transition
T2 - - the ‘de-Neolithisation’ of South Scandinavia
AU - Iversen, Rune
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - In South Scandinavia, the Funnel Beaker culture is synonymous with the emergence of Neolithic societies (c 4000 BC), the construction of megalithic monuments and agricultural lifestyle. After c 1300 years of existence the Funnel Beaker culture ceased and a culturally blurred period began.In the south-western parts of the Jutland Peninsula, the Single Grave culture emerged (c 2850 BC) expressing a high degree of cultural uniformity. In Eastern Denmark this uniformity was absent and instead the material culture shows a mixture of late Funnel Beaker, Pitted Ware and Single Grave culture elements. The question is whether the end of the Funnel Beaker culture in Eastern Denmark marks a period of decline and fragmentation or one of continuity and incorporation of new cultural elements and subsistence strategies. In particular the revival of hunter-fisher-gatherer strategies applied by the Pitted Ware culture represents a different economic focus than that held by the Funnel Beaker culture. The renewed focus on hunter-fisher-gatherer strategies, 1000 years after the introduction of agriculture, challenges the prevalent understanding of the dynamics behind the Neolithisation.
AB - In South Scandinavia, the Funnel Beaker culture is synonymous with the emergence of Neolithic societies (c 4000 BC), the construction of megalithic monuments and agricultural lifestyle. After c 1300 years of existence the Funnel Beaker culture ceased and a culturally blurred period began.In the south-western parts of the Jutland Peninsula, the Single Grave culture emerged (c 2850 BC) expressing a high degree of cultural uniformity. In Eastern Denmark this uniformity was absent and instead the material culture shows a mixture of late Funnel Beaker, Pitted Ware and Single Grave culture elements. The question is whether the end of the Funnel Beaker culture in Eastern Denmark marks a period of decline and fragmentation or one of continuity and incorporation of new cultural elements and subsistence strategies. In particular the revival of hunter-fisher-gatherer strategies applied by the Pitted Ware culture represents a different economic focus than that held by the Funnel Beaker culture. The renewed focus on hunter-fisher-gatherer strategies, 1000 years after the introduction of agriculture, challenges the prevalent understanding of the dynamics behind the Neolithisation.
KW - Faculty of Humanities
KW - ‘de-Neolithisation’
KW - Neolithic lifestyle
KW - mobile strategies
KW - megalithic tombs
KW - TRB
KW - Single Grave culture
KW - Pitted Ware culture
KW - South Scandinavia
KW - third millennium BC
M3 - Book chapter
SN - 978 1 4073 1087 9
VL - 2475
T3 - B A R. International Series
SP - 21
EP - 27
BT - NW Europe in Transition
A2 - Larsson, Mats
A2 - Debert, Jolene
PB - Archaeopress
CY - Oxford
ER -
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